Photo Gallery 6
Two replicas of diigubuhu toys made out of tule. The original,
which resides at the Brooklyn Museum, was made by Susanna Graves (Pomo)
in 1906. Diigubuhu is the Eastern Pomo word for a water bird,
the American bittern.
When a predator approaches its nest, the least bittern stretches
its neck (which is colored like the surrounding withered reeds),
thrust its beak upward, and sways gently like reeds in the wind.
Also, the dark and light lines on bitterns help them to blend
in with vertical shadows cast by the vegetation they live in.
© D. Labiste 1998-2003 (1st photo only)
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